Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-29
Poor OlA Aunt Lucinay.
sHR WASHED LADY wAsHIxGroSs FKrr, AND Was TEE
MoTnER or rwKNfy-Two cnILpkEN.


20 leave his cabin could not give TIE alarm Of her
Uncle Jim, who Is remarkably intelligent for one
OF his color bemoaned the loss ot his wife sadly.
but readily answered all questions asked Prom
this conversation II was learned that before the
war Jim had asked his master his age. Consulta-
ton with the slave record showed that Jim Was as
that time IS years old at least. he met Aunt Luz
s s after she had seen seld by Gen Heard 80
that she was his second wife, his first wife aud
children having been sold nom him. Thinking
that Aunt Lucindy was then too old TO haye more
children, he married her 30 years ago. Although
she had horne by her tirst husband thirtcen chill
dren. she afterwards became the mother Of nine
more by her second marriage.
Years after, Aunt Lacindy and her children
were placed upon the block In Watkinsville.
The sale had been well advertised, and the sue.
cess Of this boom I'm human ne~h NAV be inn
agined when it Is stated that the family WAS
knocked down 20 the highest bidder for the
princely sum Of thirty Thousand dollars
"Ne an de ole omah got together agin arter
, de wah" said the old man, 'but de chilun was
scattered 30 we could hear no more Of 'um."
A Remarkable Faith CMrr.
An Onto cnirriE RkeAIHs rnE csr or HER Inns AnD
ACQUIRES SWEET SINGING voick.
EATON. O., March GA remarkable recovery AZ
an invalid has come TO light In the northern part
OF this {Prebie) county, and r. exciting astonsh-
ment. The person who is the cause OF the great
excitement Is Miss Sarah Margaret Fouble, daugll-
one mile west OF sonora In this (Prebie) county.
She IL 80 years old. and has been afaicted with
spinal Affection for 81 years. which gradually
! joint was drawn up until Il reached her armpif.
For the past II months she has been blind and
| spcecIless, and her death Was expected at any
moment. she remained In that pitiable condition.
until the 18th, when her eyesight and speech re-
turned, and The next day. saturday, she arose
| from her bed and walked, and has been walking,
sings swesIfy. falEs ntciligeatiy ana seems t to
| enjoy relating the ordeal through which she has
! passed She il about four feet high aud weighs
b pounds and eats ana drinks ana IL as merry
and cheerful as child. She has not an ache or
pain. and has never been heard 10 utter CON-
| plant OF her long suffering. Miss Fouble says
that on the 18th of this month she had talk with
| the Almighty, ana ne said that he would either
cure her or take her to him on the 18th, aud on
that day her recovery took place.
Had No Further lsr for ssis ToolA.
81. L0UIs, March 2o.-Billy CoRnors the bank
sneak arrested Friday evening by Detectives Des.
nond and LAWYER, did sonnet hing Yesterday which
materially raises him In the estimation OF the
police. The celebrated bank sneak knew the jig
was up,so he sent for the detectives and told them
that II they went to his room. on Ninth ana Wash
streets they would find there a LIT of burglars
tools He said that there was stick OF DYNAMITE
ana some percussion caps in bag with the tools
ana any one Kicking around the room might
cause the dy Mantle 10 explode and probably XIII q
number OF decent people. The police went To the
room and found evcryth hing just Billy rad tod
As Cunnors could gain nothing by his statement 10
the police he II credited with having some tend,
Feelings, and will be especially remembered by the
ioupd I III ''e "'''' ""''' "'' ''-''0"''s MI WIS
His Real Name Was Lewis Powell.
THE IDENTITY or PAYNE oNE OF THE coNrEpERArEs
| OF WILKES BOOTH.
ATLANTA, Ca, March a9.--A special ron sam
dersyillc Ca, TO the CSsfifgtio SAYS: IA letter
from Jasper, Fla, 20 the HesaI, OF this city, IL
told the curious story OF the enlistment OF Lewis
| Powell. The captain OF q coEipany organized Tor
the confederate army in Hamilton county. Fla,
| tells oI young man who Was brought 10 him,
giving the above name. lie Hlade brave soldier,
/ but MAS easily led astray by bad associates us
frequently SAID thai II Ia had tie chance he would
go light into the White House and kill the Pr.sl-
dent nc was made prisoner ai tl.e battle Of
Gettysburg, and entered "A DioC cavalry regiment
| In preference 10 going TO prison. Later he APP
peared In Raittmors, giving the name OF Payne.
There he fell Into the hands of Booth, who easily
led him Into his scheme 10 assassRate Mt Lincoln.
Tidal Wave On the Carolina Coass.
| RALEIGH, n. G., March 2a-Ncws has been re.
ceired here or a tidal wave I'm Abcmarle Sound
and Efenton Bay, In TIE northeastern part OF this
| state, which did considerable damage. AZ Avoc...
where there are the largesA shad fisheries In this
country. the immense scinas were washed upon
the beaches, and SO covered with sand thai IL ~.
quirtd hard days work to dag them cut. Boats
were injured by the tidal wave and many were
! washed on the beaches. News has lal vel been
| received from other fisheries nearer the coast
Four MiIcs Too Far for a Roas Race.
NOW FAR ONE MAY ROW WITH SAFETY.
| From the New York Tribune.
Prof. w. T. Trowbsfdge, uf the Columbia College
School OF Mines has been collecting a lot OF ng.
ures about the amount OF wo.. done In a four
| mile eight-oared boat race which he hopes will
send a cold chill down the back NJ every College
| oarsman The professor Is a specialist in animal
| mechanics whose laws. he says, are much the
same as tho5c OF mechanics generally. And by a
study OF the laws Of muscular fatigue and Refresh
ment he han discovered that at the rate VI speed
| at which iour-mile races are rowrd the average
oafsnans STORED up energy cannot last further
than the third mile stake. The iast mile is dead
pull On the Vital organs II mere test of the sound
ness or the lungs and heart.
1.-The amount OF energy consumed In forcing
boat given distance through tie water" said
| Professor 1ruwb.1d2. the other day. sis ALWAYS
proportional 70 The rate OF speed and ;he fatigue
in long fast races increases, you see In a SORT OF
| point nj which the muscles must refuse 10 bear
| the strain any longer They have no chance 70
sharp pull sooner or later ali the force in then,
is spent and they have 10 draw the vital organs
Tor new supply The point al which they eA-
the beginning OF the fourth mile.
"An ordinary iaborer does on the average $50
walls OF refreshment OF The muscles and AZ one
time only rev OF his muscles are in play. For
the ten hours $50 foot tons seems sort Of safeey
| limit Now the average time Tor an eight-oared
race Is a little over II minutes. That il ct uhs,
rate OF LOO feet a minute. To 20 that fast the
DOAts CrtN udS 10 Osercome S.3s f0bt tons u
sistance every 90 seconds. so each man does q
and 2-10 FOOT tons OF work minute The average
laOorer. we have seen, does 40 foot tons In ten
hours or only 6-1oih OF foot ton a minute Each
college oarsinan during the 81 minutes OF de
race Is therefore, doing the work OF seven strung
men, and doing ft without q single moment az
muscular reIreshment
''It IL folly 70 tax ones powers thus think for
longer than 1s minutes. Few college races are
won or lost on the fourth mile, at any rate All
the ski! and strength that the rival crews have
are put into the nfst three miles After thai &c ID
only question OF holding on And this holding
on is just what necesstat&s 20 much painful pre.
liminary training. Three-rnile races would do
away with al this training abuse ana furnash
just as much sport. don't say that all men who
row four-mile races are injured permanently.
Some may have hearts and lungs strong enough 70
stand the test. And IL Is satisfactory 60 know
afterward that one has oast-iron consultation.
But many men ruin their vital organs by thu
over-straining. IL s too serious thing, certainly
70 make q test like this matter 0f sp0rt."
a Political ExpcsS0s0s.
An Es1fRE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT HANDED 0Vn
TO WOMEN Al An EXPERIMENT.
telegram from Topeka, Kan, March 27th, sayss
Stockton, the county seat OF Rocks County, Q